Nominations For Indie Film Awards On Board: Frontrunners are 12 Years a Slave and Nebraska

With 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards round the corner, the world is abuzz with the nomination for the Indie movies.

“12 Years a Slave,” “Nebraska” and “Short Term 12? are the top nominees for this year. In the top category i.e. Best Feature the nominees are – “12 Years a Slave”, “Nebraska,” “Frances Ha,” “All Is Lost” and “Inside Llewyn Davis”.

One of the Oscar frontrunners, “12 Years a Slave” led all films with seven nominations in the award. Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska” received six nominations and J.C. Chandor’s “All Is Lost” received four nominations. And, “Inside Llewyn Davis,” “Short Term 12,” “Fruitvale Station” and “Blue Jasmine” received three nominations each.

The nominated actors and actresses are – Bruce Dern, Cate Blanchett, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Redford, June Squibb, Jared Leto , “12 Years” trio and Gaby Hoffman for “Crystal Fairy,” Shailene Woodley for “The Spectacular Now” and Yolonda Ross for “Go for Sisters.”

With a number of male leads fighting with great roles and superb acting, the category was expanded from five nominees to six to include Dern, Ejiofor, McConaughey, Redford, Oscar Isaac for “Inside Llewyn Davis” and Michael B. Jordan for “Fruitvale Station.”

The Best International Film category includes “Blue Is the Warmest Color” and “A Touch of Sin” competing with “Gloria,” “The Great Beauty” and “The Hunt.”

With seven nominations for “12 Years” and two for “Enough Said,” Fox Searchlight is leading all distributors with nine nominations, followed by IFC Films with eight and Sony Pictures Classics and Paramount with six.

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Sankha Ghosh was never born in that 'City of Joy', never was a banker, never watched a Godard, never loved Kafka, never fell for that Solitary Reaper, never danced on a friend’s wedding, never fought for human rights, never had a crush at college and never ever aspired to work on a novel! Never was he as simple as this! #He wishes